Sexual abuse at the hands of powerful individuals is common in Hollywood, with cases of harassment and assault going back decades. From Bill Cosby to Roman Polanski to Harvey Weinstein, take a look back at the Hollywood heavyweights who have been accused of sexual harassment and assault throughout the years.

Stars accused of sexual harassment and assault

Steven Seagal

Action movie star Steven Seagal has been accused of sexual harassment by four women so far - Jenny McCarthy, Portia de Rossi, Juliana Margulies and now Eva LaRue. LaRue, who appeared on eight seasons of "CSI: Miami," accused Seagal of harassing her during an audition when she was 22. She said Seagal locked her in a room at his home in 1990 and opened his kimono to reveal he was wearing nothing but his underwear, Deadline reported. "I go to sit on the couch and he comes towards me and he's opening his weirdo kimono. There's no script or anything. Just him standing there with his kimono open," she said. "He had underwear on, thank God, and he was bare everywhere else. And it was clear he was not just getting cozy," said LaRue. The actress managed to bolt out of the house. Jenny McCarthy said Seagal told her to take off her dress during an audition before he unzipped his own pants. De Rossi wrote on Twitter that Seagal told her "how important it is to have chemistry off set" as he unzipped his leather pants during an audition. And Margulies said Seagal, who was armed with a gun, told her he wanted to massage her. She managed to escape.